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List Of Ravians
Alumni of the Government College University, Lahore (GCU), including alumni of its predecessor Government College, Lahore, are called Ravians. Following is the list of notable Ravians. Nobel Laureates * Dr. Har Gobind Khorana - Nobel Prize in Medicine; * Dr. Abdus Salam - Nobel Laureate in theoretical physics; astrophysicist Scholars * Muhammad Iqbal – Poet, philosopher, politician, lawyer, architect of the idea of Pakistan * Mirza Athar Baig – Novelist, playwright and philosopher * Muhammad Ajmal – Founder of psychology in Pakistan, former Principal of Government College and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Punjab * Javed Ashraf – Economist, academician and Vice Chancellor of Quaid-e-Azam University * Tariq Jameel – Islamic Scholar and Preacher * Javed Ahmad Ghamidi – Islamic Modernist Scholar * Malik Ram – Urdu, Arabic, and Persian Scholar and Writer * Ismat Beg – Mathematician and academician. Known for his work in fixed point theory and multic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government College University, Lahore
The Government College University, Lahore (colloquially known as GCU), is a public research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Opened as Government College, Lahore, in 1864, it became a university in 2002. Overview In 1864, Government College was established by the British government in India. After being elevated to university status in 2002, it has advanced into one of the top ten largest institution in Pakistan, with a student body of over 12,000. It has 32 academic departments, segregated into five faculties. There are five research centers, focused on academic and industrial research and development projects. The university secured its second place in the general category by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in 2013. It has the highest graduation rate in the country, with an average of 94.6% annually. In Government College University, the medium of instruction is English. Government College University is noted for its historical roots and produced nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tariq Jameel
Tariq Jamil ( ur, , Ṭāriq Jamīl; born 1 October 1953), is a Pakistani Islamic television preacher, religious writer, scholar, and a member of the Tablighi Jamaat. The recipient of the Pride of Performance award, Jamil has been named twice in ''The 500 Most Influential Muslims''. Early life and education Tariq Jamil was born on 1 October 1953 in Mian Channu, Pakistan.According to his personal website, he was born 1 October 1953, though an article in the Daily Jang says 1 January 1953. Jamil belongs to the Sahu subtribe of Chauhan Rajputs. His family ruled Tulamba during the reign of Sher Shah Suri, who also distributed the lands around Tulamba. Jamil completed his primary education at Central Model School, Lahore. He is an alumnus of Government College University, Lahore, and received his Islamic education from Jamia Arabia, Raiwind, where he studied the Qur’an, hadiths, Sufism, logic, and ''fiqh''. Jamil enrolled in King Edward Medical College after finishing a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashfaq Ahmed
Ashfaq Ahmed Khan ( ur, ; 22 August 1925 – 7 September 2004) was a writer, playwright and broadcaster from Pakistan. His works in Urdu included novels, short stories and plays for television and radio of Pakistan. He received the President's Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) awards for his everlasting services in the field of broadcasting and literary heritage of Pakistan.ISLAMABAD: Tributes paid to Ashfaq Ahmed Dawn (newspaper), Published 1 November 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2019 Early life Ahmed was born on 22 August 1925 in , |
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Mustansar Hussain Tarar ( ur, ; ) S.I. (born 1 March 1939) is a Pakistani author, travel enthusiast, mountaineer, writer, novelist, columnist, TV host and former actor. Early life Mustansar Hussain Tarar was born in Jokalian on 1 March 1939 at his maternal grandparents' house, according to the preface of his book, ''Lahore Awargi''. But he was raised in Lahore with his family that hailed from Mandi Bahauddin. His father, Rehmat Tarar, operated a small agricultural seed store by the name of "Kisan & company" that later flourished to become a major business in that field.Profile of Mustansar Hussain Tarar on urduadab4u.com website Published 31 August 2010, Retrieved 26 April 2019 Tarar was educated at Rang Mahal Mission High School and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasay Chaudhry
Vasay Chaudhry ( Punjabi, ur, ; born on 12 November 1981) is a Pakistani screenwriter, actor, director, producer, host, and comedian. He is best known for writing sitcoms and comedy-dramas for Pakistani televisions. He is also known for writing films. He wrote Main Hoon Shahid Afridi and Jawani Phir Nahi Ani. While Mai Hoon Shahid Afridi was an average success, Jawani phir Nahe ani went on to become the highest grossing film of Pakistan cinema and broke all the previous Box office records while earning more than 490 million at the box office. He also wrote Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2, which was released on 2018 Eid al-Adha and broke the all time biggest box office grosses record.It also went on to become the First Pakistani film to make 700 Million rupees worldwide. Chaudhry is also known for hosting the comedy show, Mazaaq Raat, on Dunya News since 2015. His name is sometimes misspelled as ''Wasay'', ''Wassay, Wesay'' or ''Vassay'' in print and electronic media. Biography Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Asif
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremonial authority. The title has a long history of use in the Arab World, East Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. In the modern era, when used as a formal monarchical title, it is roughly synonymous with "prince", applicable both to a son of a hereditary monarch, and to a reigning monarch of a sovereign principality, namely an emirate. The feminine form is emira ( '), a cognate for "princess". Prior to its use as a monarchical title, the term "emir" was historically used to denote a "commander", "general", or "leader" (for example, Amir al-Mu'min). In contemporary usage, "emir" is also sometimes used as either an honorary or formal title for the head of an Islamic, or Arab (regardless of religion) organisation or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Hafeez Mirza
Abdul Hafeez Mirza (2 October 1939 – 17 November 2021) was a Pakistani tourism worker, cultural activist and an educationist. He worked as general manager at Tourism Development Corporation Punjab (TDCP), and served as a Consultant for Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkwha (TCKP),formerly known as Sarhad Tourism Development Corporation . He also worked for Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC). He worked as the managing director of a tour operating company, Montana Travel Service ltd. He was also a professor of French Language and was an Author of several books on French Language and Tourism. Mirza was involved in the policy-making for Tourism in Pakistan. He was awarded by the Government of France with the Ordre de Palmes Academiques award in 2015 for the services he rendered in the fields of education and culture. Early life and education Mirza was born to a Muslim family in Lahore during British India. His father Mirza Sardar Baig served in the British-Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History One of the earliest known mathematicians were Thales of Miletus (c. 624–c.546 BC); he has been hailed as the first true mathematician and the first known individual to whom a mathematical discovery has been attributed. He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning applied to geometry, by deriving four corollaries to Thales' Theorem. The number of known mathematicians grew when Pythagoras of Samos (c. 582–c. 507 BC) established the Pythagorean School, whose doctrine it was that mathematics ruled the universe and whose motto was "All is number". It was the Pythagoreans who coined the term "mathematics", and with whom the study of mathematics for its own sake begins. The first woman mathematician recorded by history was Hypati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarvadaman Chowla
Sarvadaman D. S. Chowla (22 October 1907 – 10 December 1995) was an Indian American mathematician, specializing in number theory. Early life He was born in London, since his father, Gopal Chowla, a professor of mathematics in Lahore, was then studying in Cambridge. His family returned to India, where he received his master's degree in 1928 from the Government College in Lahore. In 1931 he received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge, where he studied under J. E. Littlewood. Career and awards Chowla then returned to India, where he taught at several universities, becoming head of mathematics at Government College, Lahore in 1936. During the difficulties arising from the partition of India in 1947, he left for the United States. There he visited the Institute for Advanced Study until the fall of 1949, then taught at the University of Kansas in Lawrence until moving to the University of Colorado in 1952. He moved to Penn State in 1963 as a research professor, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Manzoor Butt
Khalid Manzoor Butt (Urdu خالد منظور بٹ) is a Lahore-based professor and researcher of political science and Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) in University of Central Punjab (UCP), Lahore and former Head, Department of Political Science Government College University Lahore (GCU). He was born, grew up and studied in Lahore. He received a DAAD fellowship at ZEF, University of Bonn (ZEF), Germany in 2013 and the Ministry of Education's fellowship in China University of Geosciences, Wuhan in 2008 and 2019. Butt is a Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences., Director at Centre of Excellence China Study, Chief Editor of The Journal of Political Science, Government College University He is a member Board of Studies of Political Science. Biography Butt was born in Lahore and received schooling from Govt. Central Model School in the 1970s. He graduated from Government College University Lahore in the 1980s and then did his master's degree in politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asghar Zaidi
Asghar Zaidi () is a social policy analyst and population ageing researcher. He is the 4th and current Vice Chancellor and 31st head of the Government College University Lahore (GCU), serving since October 2019. Previously, he served as the Professor of Social Gerontology at Seoul National University, South Korea. Biography Asghar Zaidi attended the Government College University, Lahore (1981 to 1984) from where he obtained his bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics (First Division). He did his Master in Economics (1985–1987) from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. In 1988, he moved to Netherlands from where he obtained his master's degree in Development Studies (Economic Policy and Planning) with Distinction in Thesis from the International Institute of Social Studies. He obtained his PhD Degree (1997–2004) in Economics from the University of Oxford, UK under the guidance of Tony Atkinson. Research, honours and awards Asghar Zaidi's research inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Arfa Sayeda Zehra is a Pakistani educationist and Urdu language expert. She is current serving as the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Education and National Harmony Affairs. She studied first at Lahore College for Women University, then Government College University, with further degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Zehra is a professor emeritus of history at Forman Christian College and is a former principal of the Lahore College for Women University. She was a chairperson on the National Commission on the Status of Women. Zehra is a former caretaker provincial minister of Punjab. She is recognized for her knowledge on the Urdu language and literature and is specialized in intellectual history and South Asian social issues; outside of the university sphere, she speaks at language conferences and televised forums. Education Arfa Sayeda Zehra completed a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Lahore College for Women University. She earned a Master of Arts in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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